Expository science
Subtitle: forms and functions of popularisation
By: edited by Terry Shinn and Richard Whitley.
Contributors: Shinn, Terry.; Whitley, Richard.
Series: Sociology of the sciences ;; v. 9
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.; Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Dordrecht, Holland; Boston; Hingham, MA, U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Science news.; Communication in science.; Science -- Social aspects.; Knowledge, Theory of.
Description: This annual publication brings together articles centred around particular themes in the Sociology of the Sciences as a means of contributing to the development of a comparative, cross disciplinary understanding of the sciences. By publishing research articles from a number of perspectives and approaches on a specific topic, the Yearbook provides an opportunity for the integration of different disciplinary strategies and their interrelated development.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.